The turmoil in Egypt is the inevitable result of a government that placated Washington for years in defiance of the wishes of its own people. Plus, full coverage of the uprising in Egypt
The end of Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt portends fundamental change throughout the Middle East and the end of the American era in the region. Mubarak was the archetype authoritarian that Washington has relied upon to help maintain a regional political order that made it relatively easy to exercise American power. The Egyptian strongman kept the peace with Israel, the Suez Canal open, and the Islamists down. If he was often brutal without being repressive in the ways of Iraq's Saddam Hussein or the late Syrian leader, Hafiz al Assad, all the better. Mubarak's disdain for his people, who never much liked the regime's alignment with the United States-and by association, Israel-was hardly troublesome to Washington...
The end of Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt portends fundamental change throughout the Middle East and the end of the American era in the region. Mubarak was the archetype authoritarian that Washington has relied upon to help maintain a regional political order that made it relatively easy to exercise American power. The Egyptian strongman kept the peace with Israel, the Suez Canal open, and the Islamists down. If he was often brutal without being repressive in the ways of Iraq's Saddam Hussein or the late Syrian leader, Hafiz al Assad, all the better. Mubarak's disdain for his people, who never much liked the regime's alignment with the United States-and by association, Israel-was hardly troublesome to Washington...
- 1/30/2011
- by Steven Cook
- The Daily Beast
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